Regis High School - Chi Rho Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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,Q -F , S a V 'W His Excellency BISHOP EUGENE D'SOlIZA ofNc1gbur, Indio Bishop D'Souza, while visiting at St. Patrick's in the interest of the Missions of lndicx, said the First Moss at Regis on August 29. 48

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s i xii I Ground breaking ceremony May 1952. Father J Francis Brad . y, Msgr J. Holloran, Father J. Paul, Father A. Wagener. O Surveying the ground bef ore excavation begins 0 The men who answer all the questions. M D ' r. . Devney, excavation contractor, Father J. Paul, principal of Regis, Mr. Peterson and Mr. E. Klingler. HISTORY During the pastorate of Father A.B.C.Dunne which began in 1891, great things were accomplished for God and man. Under his intelligent leadership St.' Patrick's congregation was able to erect the present large grade school in 1906. As time went on, part of this building provided facilities for two years of high school which were begun in 1914. ln 1919 the third was added. Father Dunne died in 1927 and was succeeded by Father C. E. Dowd, who had been his assistant for fifteen years. Father Dowd's pastorate was marked by the'erection of a high school building ctnd a gymnasium. The high school which became fully accredited was a modern structure and had the latest in equipment for its size. This building provided for the education not only of the children of St. Patrick's Parish but others as well. lt was intended for an enrollment of 300 and it greatly exceeded this in l t Central High School a er years. Therefore plans for a new and were formulated and presented to the Catholics of the area t ll September 29, 1931. a a the Masses on Sunday, 1 '50